Isaiah 22:1-7

Complete Jewish Bible

Tell me what is wrong with you,
that you have all gone up on the roofs.
² You city full of noise, confusion
and boisterous excitement,
your slain did not fall to the sword,
nor did they die in battle.
³ All your leaders fled together
and were captured without the use of a bow;
all from you who were found were captured,
even though they had fled far away.
⁴ This is why I said, “Don’t look at me,
leave me alone to weep bitterly,
don’t try to comfort me
over the destruction of my people.”
⁵ For it is a day of panic,
trampling and confusion
from Adonai Elohim-Tzva’ot
in the Valley of Vision.
With walls crashing down,
they cry for help to the mountains.
⁶ ‘Eilam picks up the quivers,
with cavalry and horsemen,
and Kir uncovers the shields.
⁷ In time, your choicest valleys
are overrun by chariots,
and the cavalry take their posts by the gate;